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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1921

Page

4

Athens Banner News Snippet From The Athens Publishing Co

A fragment from the Athens Banner confirms Associated Press rights and publication credits. It notes correspondence addressed to Athens Publishing Company and directs news articles to Athena Banner, identifying key staff and roles in the Athens Ga area.

Audit Bureau Associated Press Bevin Bowne Phiney Rowe Andrew C. Erwin Treasy Athens Publis Noon Athens Athens Publishing Company Athena Banner

Northeast Georgia Offers Comforting Summer Climate

The piece argues that America has a fine climate overall, with extreme heat posing challenges yet spurring heat mitigation ideas and business. It notes light clothing, cooling drinks, and resorts as responses, and praises Northeast Georgia as the best American summer climate with residents enjoying comfortable summers without leaving the region.

United States Equatorial Africa America Georgia

The Passing of the Serbian Ruler King Peter’s death ends a stormy life

The former king of Serbia, who rose after an 1903 assassination, steered a devoted realm through tense times. His refusal of an Austrian ultimatum helped spark a great war, though the deeper cause was imperial ambition. He witnessed Yugoslav unification before his death.

Peter Serbia Europe

Value of the German Mark Declines Amid Trade Hesitation

The German mark slides to 1.05, near wartime lows, about one twenty-fourth of par. Despite renewed German production and export efforts, the weak currency hampers full trade revival. Indemnities and unstable governance keep the mark at a depressed level, signaling a long path to normalcy and ongoing trade challenges.

American Relief in Russia Faces Direction Dispute

The United States, not recognizing the Russian Soviet government, pledges relief to starving Russians but insists relief work be conducted under American direction. The Soviet government demands part in directing the relief, delaying aid. Americans may allow Russian participation in general relief investigations by European powers.

America Russia

The Lure of the Soda Fountain

Sage and sober readers dismiss the soda fountain craze as folly yet admit it offers a harmless outlet. In hot weather crowds, mostly youths, seek sweet relief at marble rails and round tables, diverting energies from less wholesome pursuits while finding cheerful reprieve.

German Boom Regent Reports Industrial Rise in Germany

The article notes an industrial boom in Germany as America and England react with business activity. It cites German willingness to work to regain prosperity, contrasts strikes and high wage demands in England and the US, and discusses competitive production goals. A stray item mentions a golf-themed prompt and a divorce case involving a wife and her husband.

Germany America England

Athens Fifty Eight Years Ago Dispatches from Civil War Era

Report from The Banner of October 1863 notes Gen Gardner's Florida appointment and Gen Wheeler's dispatches. It details Union incursions across the Tennessee River, captures of trains and prisoners near McMinnville, destruction of rail bridges, and a shift toward Murfreesboro. East Tennessee engagements at Bible Ridge, London, Sweetwater, and Bristol are summarized with casualty estimates and troop movements. Obituary for Miss Mary Stone of Athens describes a long Christian life and peaceful death at 72.

Wheeler Atlanta Intelligencer Missionary Ridge Cotton Portford McMinnville Hickory Creek Murfreesboro Stone River Wartrace Shelbyville Rosecrans Mary Stone Athens Jesus Shea Fellowship Christian Church Kingdom of Heaven W. J

Hancock County Hero Buried in Devereux

Sparta Ga October burial of Sergeant John Baugh, only Hancock County soldier killed in battle, laid to rest at Devereux cemetery after arriving from Hoboken. He died from a bursting shell in the Argonne forest. He is survived by his mother and two brothers.

Hancock County Devereux Sparta John Baugh Hoboken Sergeant Baugh Dier Argonne Forest

Answers to Yester day's Kwiz and new questions

A compact note lists yesterday's Kwiz answers including sodium carbonate and Dorothy Dix, plus state and country facts. It adds new questions on Hoover, Star Spangled Banner, and other trivia, then includes a testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for a bowel trouble cure in Virginia and a remark about a broad arrow on British ordnance.

Elizabeth M. Gilmer Dorothy Dix United States Mount Rafter National Park Washington Rochester N.Y Dido Tyre Carthage Mount McKintey Felicia Hemans Casabianca Floyd Osborn Dungannon

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